An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - Part 360
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3. Glow, uneasy sensation of heat, Ang.

GLIFF, _s._

1. A transient view, S.

2. A moment, S.

_Mannering._

_To_ GLIFFIN, _v. n._ To open the eyes at intervals, in awaking from a disturbed sleep.

V. ~Gleuin~.

_Barbour._

GLIM, _s._ An effectual attempt to lay hold of an object, Aberd.

_Shirrefs._

~Glim~, _adj._ Blind, Aberd.

~Glim-glam~, _s._ Blind man's buff.

_Ibid._

Isl. _glam_, visu hebes.

_To_ GLIMMER, _v. n._ To blink, to wink, S.

GLIMMER, _s._ Mica of mineralogists, Loth.

GLISK, _s._ A transient view, S.

_J. Nicol._

Isl. _glis_, nitor.

GLISNYT, GLISINT, _pret._ Blinked, like one newly awakened.

_Douglas._

A. S. _glisn-ian_, coruscare.

_To_ GLISS, _v. n._ To cast a glance with the eyes.

_Sir Gawan._

Germ. _gleiss-en_, fulgere.

GLISTER, _s._ l.u.s.tre.

_Knox._

Su. G. _glistra_, scintilla.

GLIT, _s._

1. Tough phlegm, S.

2. Ooze in the bed of a river, S.

Isl. _glat_, _glaet-a_, humor.

GLOAMIN, GLOMING, _s._ Twilight, S.

A. S. _glomung_, id.

_A. Hume._

~Gloamin-shot~, _s._ A twilight interview, S.

_Burns._

~Gloamin-star~, _s._ The evening-star, Loth.

_To_ GLOCK, _v. a._ To gulp, including the idea of the sound, Ang.; _wacht_ synon.

Teut. _klock-en_, sonitum reddere, qualem angusti oris vasculum solet.

~Glock~, _s._ A gulp, Ang.

GLOFF, _s._ A sudden fright, S.

V. ~Gliff~.